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Graduate Studies Needs a Tagline!

Did you ever take a look at an advertising slogan or campaign and think, “I could do better”?  Have you dreamed of stretching your copywriting legs, but couldn’t find an outlet to channel your creativity?  If so, here’s your chance!

The Graduate Studies Office is sponsoring a contest to come up with a new tagline for Dartmouth’s Arts and Sciences Graduate Programs, and we’re asking the community to help us out.

Submitted entries should capture the academic community of Dartmouth, and emphasize the mission of the Graduate Studies program of educating future leaders and creating new knowledge at Dartmouth.

Taglines should also be catchy! Think Nike’s “Just Do It,” DeBeers’ “A Diamond is Forever,” or the U.S. Army’s “Be All that You Can Be”… even our own Thayer School of Engineering’s “The Box Does Not Exist”!

The Graduate Studies Office will judge the entries and select the top three taglines, from which the public will vote to decide a winner. The contest is open to all students, faculty, staff, and friends, and the winning participant will receive a $50 gift card to Canoe Club.  Multiple entries per individual are permitted, and can be posted on the Grad Studies Facebook page here. There are no stipulations or rules—just give us your best shot at a slogan that represents graduate programs at Dartmouth!

Any questions?  Let us know!

In the latest movie produced by the Graduate Studies Office, international graduate student reflect upon their studies at Dartmouth. Featuring interviews from students in five of Dartmouth’s Arts & Sciences graduate programs, the newly-released movie explores the international community in Hanover.

Directed by Tennile Sunday
Filmed & Edited by Wesley Whitaker

The academic departments within the Arts and Sciences graduate programs couldn’t exist without its administrative professionals.  The Graduate Studies Office and the Grad News Forum would like to thank all of these valuable employees for their efforts.

From now until August 31st, all administrators and administrative staff within graduate departments who sign-up to receive updates from the Graduate News Forum will receive a gift certificate to the Dirt Cowboy.

To sign up, enter your contact information in the “Subscribe to the Grad News Forum” panel on the right-hand side of the homepage.

Don’t worry if you’ve already signed up for updates from the Grad News Forum—stop by for a gift certificate, anyway!  Please come to 304 Wentworth Hall to pick up your gift card.

Thanks for all of your hard work!

Pictured: Jordan Noonan, Admissions Specialist in the Graduate Studies Office

Photo by: E. O’Flaherty

Beginning Monday, April 18, Dartmouth is showing its commitment to the environment and sustainability with a number of events leading up to Earth Day, which is Friday, April 22. The week-long celebration wraps up with a street fair and concert on Saturday, April 23.

For the full story go to Dartmouth Now.

The final Montgomery Fellow of the winter term, chef and noted food activist Dan Barber, recently sat down with Dartmouth graduate students to discuss the local food movement.

Dan Barber did not invent the concept of the “food to table movement,” but he has certainly contributed to its popularity.  As the main chef and proprietor of two highly regarded restaurants in New York, Barber has become the poster boy of sustainable eating.  Located on an estate in Westchester County, Stone Barns Farms supplies much of the food for both his restaurant at the farm, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, and his Manhattan mainstay, Blue Hill.

An intense advocate of understanding where our food comes from, Barber is a unique chef in that much of his culinary interests lie outside of the kitchen.  In addition to his work at both restaurants, Barber has become a leading figure within the sustainability movement, speaking at the TED2010 Conference and serving on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition.  As Barber is currently working with university researchers to determine how production methods affect the nutritional content of his food, much of the lunch’s discussion focused on scientific concepts.

“I wish that I had taken more biology and chemistry,” notes Barber.

The seasonal challenges that define growing regions greatly impact Barber’s menu selections at his New York restaurants.  When asked about the difficulties that a harsh New England winter poses to eating locally, Barber stresses that even small adjustments make a big impact.  For example, choosing to eat “in-season” crops such as hearty root vegetables is not only a responsible choice, but a healthy one.

“I don’t want the prevailing mentality to be that of just surviving winter, but instead looking at it as an opportunity to thrive,” explains Barber.

Though some balk at the expense of eating locally and organically, labeling the ‘slow food movement’ as an elitist fad, Barber maintains that this is not the case.  Large grocery chains generally cost less than farmers markets, but according to Barber they do not accurately account for the ‘real costs’ of producing cheap food.

While ‘slow food’ still exists largely as a grassroots movement outside of the mainstream, Barber feels that it is rapidly growing in popularity.

“Ten years ago, we wouldn’t have been sitting here talking about these issues,” says Barber. “So many movements are about depriving yourself of something.  This isn’t.  It’s about indulgence and delicious food.”

By Erin O’Flaherty

Nugget Theater

Congratulations to all of the following winners of the Graduate News Forum Sweepstakes!  As a part of the launch celebration of the Grad News Forum, the first fifty graduate students that subscribed to the Forum received two tickets to the Nugget Movie Theater.

If your name is on the list, please stop by the Graduate Studies Office in 305 Wentworth from 8am to 12pm or 1-4pm to pick up your tickets!

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Ruth Reichl

This February’s Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Endowment lecture series will focus on the art of food. Entitled “Tell Me What You Eat, I’ll Tell You Who You Are,” the series features Calvin Trillin, Ruth Reichl, and Dan Barber. Each fellow will each be in residence for a week and present a public lecture, as well as visit classes and interact with students and faculty.

For more information, vist DartmouthNow